Filamentality - a tried and true resource for creating your own Quests, Hunts, etc. - hosts your quests for up to a year - also a good resource for learning about types of web-related resources - indexes their own products and those in three other resources.
The Research Cycle - created by Jamie McKenzie - includes two Module Makers to guide you through the creation of an effective Internet research project
- a webquest maker is available - currently for free and also with paid membership
Trackstar - "tracks" can be simple lists, hunts, or full quests
Web and Flow - fee-based site, but the first 30 days are free ($25/yr) - from the designers of Filamentality, a quest making system that is a bit more sleak (less time-consuming)
WebQuest Template to download the source code for a plug-and-play .html page for your own quest
Bernie Poole's EdIndex of Web Resources has a section on WebQuests and Hunts - select Webquests and Scavenger hunts from the dropdown menu (open it in a new window to remove the frames or directly to Scavenger).
BestWebQuests.com as well, where you can find a Matrix of selected quests and tips for improving your efforts
edHelper.com offers a listing of webquests, searchable by subject and grade level - links are not necessarily current
iWebQuest - excellent quests, including Egypt, Greece, Mathematics, AUP - includes teaching tips, a discussion board and free email for teachers, students and parents to encourage collaboration and feedback
Ozline.com - from Australian Tom Marsh - "helping educators work the web" with special attention to WebQuests - keyword search of three web archives
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- sample quests by grade and subject - click on Top / Middling / New in the navigation bar to access the matrices
The WebQuest Page - templates and a huge library of examples and links to WebQuest resources - the Training Materials link is especially helpful - site maintained by Bernie Dodge - don't Click Examples because it has been replaced by the WebQuest Portal (see above)
Spartanburg, NC has created a page of WebQuest resources
Assessing
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A Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests - for you to use after you have completed the design steps - from the WebQuest Page and Bernie Dodge
- Bernie Poole's EdIndex of Web Resources has a section on WebQuests and Hunts - select Webquests and Scavenger hunts from the dropdown menu (open it in a new window to remove the frames or directly to Scavenger).
- BestWebQuests.com as well, where you can find a Matrix of selected quests and tips for improving your efforts
- edHelper.com offers a listing of webquests, searchable by subject and grade level - links are not necessarily current
- iWebQuest - excellent quests, including Egypt, Greece, Mathematics, AUP - includes teaching tips, a discussion board and free email for teachers, students and parents to encourage collaboration and feedback
- Ozline.com - from Australian Tom Marsh - "helping educators work the web" with special attention to WebQuests - keyword search of three web archives
new
- sample quests by grade and subject - click on Top / Middling / New in the navigation bar to access the matrices- The WebQuest Page - templates and a huge library of examples and links to WebQuest resources - the Training Materials link is especially helpful - site maintained by Bernie Dodge - don't Click Examples because it has been replaced by the WebQuest Portal (see above)
- Spartanburg, NC has created a page of WebQuest resources
Assessing
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A Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests - for you to use after you have completed the design steps - from the WebQuest Page and Bernie Dodge
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and another from Tom Marsh - BestWebQuests.com
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and another, in article form: A Checklist for Evaluating WebQuests, from Juanita Y. Benjamin
http://www.leasttern.com/teacher/lessonplans.html